St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
PERSONAL MENTION.

william ii. Bailey Is engaged as
clerk in the Passumpsic clothing store.
Mrs. E. w. Clarke, of Norwich,
former resident, is spending few days
in town.
A. D. Rowell goes to Boston today
for new goods for the holiday and
winter trade.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Brown returned
last week from their Western trip and
report a very pleasant journey.
Miss Florence M. Delano of Hard
wick is spending a few weeks in town
before going South for the winter.
D. P. Celley has removed his family
from Canaan, N. H., to this place, hav-
ing taken tenement in the Bingham
house on Spring street.
Albert L. Farwell of Sherbrooke, a
graduate of st. Johnsbury academy in
70, is bOOkkeeper for the Standard
electric company of this place.
Franklin Fairbanks was elected vice
president for Vermont of the New En-
gland Sunday school association which
held it's annual meeting in Hartford,
Conn.,, last week.
In the distribution of junior honOrs,
Dartmouth class of '89, st. Johnsbury
boys are remembered as follows: Hon.
orable mention, D. E. Sanborn crank,
G.. E. Miner mirror, G. ID. Hazen.
Rev. j. N. Walker, formerly pastor
of the Congregational church at ST.
JOhnsbury East, is to be settled over
the Congregational church at Island
Pond, Nov. IL. Sermon by Rev. G. M.
Lamson.
William Reeves is this weeks vic
tim to the California fever. He works
at the scale factory and has lived in
town six years. He goes to San Diego
and takes his wife and three children
with him.
w. P. Stafford of this place was one
of the seven new members admitted to
the Vermont Bar association at it's
Montpelier meeting last week. At the
banquet which followed Mr.. Stafford
responded for the younger members of
the bar in "a brief but eloquent
speech"
Station Agent Henderson reports
the following departures this week from
this place for California and other
points Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Morse
of Danville, who go to Los Angeles on
account of Mr.. Morse's health Mr.. and
Mrs. S. S. Batchelder of Cabot, who go
to San Francisco where they have a
son living; Mr.. and Mrs. Peck, who
go to Marshalltown. Iowa Miss Emma
Greene of Waterford, who goes to San
Francisco.
Broken Jugs.
The Boys Missionary society of the
North church had their annual meet
ing and jug breaking Friday evening.
The preliminary exercises were very
interesting the boys doing themselves
great credit in the speaking, etc. They
were assisted by Mrs. w. c. Tyler,
Mrs. J. H. Humphrey and E. A. Silsby
with well rendered solos, and then
came the jug breaking, some $3l being
realized from the jugs and the even
ing's collection. Col. Franklin Fair
banks, superintendent Of the North
church Sunday school, then related a
hair lifting story that riveted the at
tention of the boys and Rev. Mr.. LamsOn
closed a very interesting evenings ex-
ercises with brief remarks.
Stevens "Lecture."
Thomas Stevens, the bicyclist, who
is said to have made the circuit of the
globe on his wheel, delivered the Sec
ond lecture in the Y. NJ. G. A. course
Tuesday evening. The 1ecture" was
rambling talk and had nothing to
recommend it, lot of dreary plati
tudes with occasional and exceedingly
feeble attempts at wit. The subject
talked at was "ArOund the World on a
Bicycle" Mr.. Stevens and his "irOn
horse" occupying the attention of the
speaker for two hours, occasional re-
ference being made to the Orient and
Occident. The whole affair furnishes
another illustration of the truth that
because a man can ride bicycle or
jump off Brooklyn bridge it does not
necessarily follow that he can lecture
and also of another truth that lecture
committees in spite of their efforts to
serve the public faithfully are as liable
to make mistakes and to get "sold" as
anybody else. The audience in this
instance deserves all the praise that
otherwise would belong to the speaker.
Nearly every seat in the hall was Oc-
cupied and Mr.. Stevens was given a
respectful hearing to the close, but tive
or three people retiring during the talk
The lecture committee wish it un
derstOOd that the lecture was not what
they hoped it would be and announce
to the patrons of the course that al
additional lecture or entertainment
free of charge to season ticket holders
will be given in the course sometime
during the winter.
st. Johnsbury Granite and Marble Co
| The reorganization of the st. Johns
bury Granite company is completed
and the company took possession Nov
, L. These officers have been elected
President, John t. Richie secretary
and treasurer, o. p. Bennett; direc
ors, r. w. Laird, NJ. j. Caldbeck. B
8 G.. Howe, o. III. Henderson, A. L. Bal
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